{"product_id":"too-much-information-understanding-what-you-dont-want-to-know-9780262543910","title":"Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don't Want to Know","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling co-author of \u003ci\u003eNudge\u003c\/i\u003e explores how more information can make us happy or miserable--and why we sometimes avoid it but sometimes seek it out.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How much information is too much? Do we need to know how many calories are in the giant vat of popcorn that we bought on our way into the movie theater? Do we want to know if we are genetically predisposed to a certain disease? Can we do anything useful with next week's weather forecast for Paris if we are not in Paris? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eToo Much Information\u003c\/i\u003e, Cass Sunstein examines the effects of information on our lives. Policymakers emphasize \"the right to know,\" but Sunstein takes a different perspective, arguing that the focus should be on human well-being and what information contributes to it. Government should require companies, employers, hospitals, and others to disclose information not because of a general \"right to know\" but when the information in question would significantly improve people's lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of course, says Sunstein, we are better off with stop signs, warnings on prescription drugs, and reminders about payment due dates. But sometimes less is more. What we need is more clarity about what information is actually doing or achieving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration. He was the recipient of the 2018 Holberg Prize, one of the largest annual international research prizes awarded to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social science, law, or theology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cost-Benefit Revolution, How Change Happens\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by the MIT Press), \u003ci\u003eNudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e (with Richard H. Thaler), and other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448928997650,"sku":"9780262543910","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4bfa8ce-2e44-4eb5-b908-537b89bf551b.jpg?v=1729742042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/too-much-information-understanding-what-you-dont-want-to-know-9780262543910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}